How to Use QuickBooks File Doctor Tool

File Doctor is a program available through the QuickBooks tool hub, a free utility provided by Intuit to help users easily fix common company files and network issues. However, the good thing is that you already get a free utility to fix most of the common errors related to the QuickBooks Desktop accounting software.

You can use the QuickBooks File Doctor after you’ve installed the tool hub. The file doctor simply checks for errors related to data inside the company file. If there is a missing piece of data or something along the same lines, then you’re more likely to find the file doctor helpful in resolving the problem. In this post, you will learn how to use the QuickBooks File Doctor tool.

What is the QuickBooks File Doctor Tool?

QuickBooks file doctor is mainly used to recover a corrupted company file or missing data. It is a program available in the QuickBooks Tool Hub, a freeware provided by Intuit. The tool hub has various utilities to deal with various network, installation, program files, and company file errors. As this software is available for free, users can use it to simply take care of any Quickbooks desktop-related errors they encounter.

With the help of the File Doctor Tool, you can fix two types of errors: company files and network-related problems.

• Company File Errors
  • QuickBooks Error 6150
  • QuickBooks Error 6000 -82
  • QuickBooks Error 6000 -305
  • QuickBooks Error 6000 -301
  • QuickBooks Error 6147
  • QuickBooks Error 6130
  • QuickBooks Missing name list or blank customer, vendor, or employee lists.
• Network Related Errors
  • QuickBooks network connection error
  • Quickbooks is unable to send emails due to a network connection
  • QuickBooks Connection Has Been Lost
  • QuickBooks error 1606

When you download and install the Quickbooks tool hub, the programs are downloaded when you click on the program that you want to use. The download happens in the background within 2 to 3 minutes.

How to Run the QuickBooks File Doctor Tool to deal with company file and Network errors?

QuickBooks file doctor can identify and fix common company file errors related to data damage. It can also help with upgrading your company file so that you can import it into a newer version of the accounting software. Let’s get started with QuickBooks File Doctor.

Step 1: Install Quickbooks tool  hub

Before you can use the various utilities available in this hub, you need to install them on your system. It is a Windows application that runs on 64-bit computers.

• Go to the task manager and close all instances of Quickbooks running in the background.
• Exit the QuickBooks Desktop program.
• Download QuickBooks Tool Hub’s latest version (1.6.0.8) and choose a location to save the file.
• Launch the installation of the tool hub.
• Follow the onscreen instructions provided by the installer until the installation is complete.

You have successfully installed the QuickBooks tool hub, which contains the QuickBooks file doctor utility that can easily fix errors related to the company file.

Step 2: Run Quick Fix my File to Scan Data

Before you fix a company file, you need to check for errors and missing data inside your accounting data. In this case, you need the “Quick fix my file“ program to quickly and easily work through this issue.

• Go to the start menu and click on Quickbooks tool hub.
• From the tool hub, select Company File Issues.
• Click on Quick Fix my file.
• Wait for the scan to finish and click on OK when it completes.

If you find any missing data or error in your company file then you can move to the next step of this post. Quick fix my file only identifies errors and lists them out for the user. Quickbooks file doctor is the utility that fixes the error.

Step 3: Run Quickbooks file doctor

Now you know all the errors that are present in your company file, you can move to the step of fixing these errors using the Quickbooks file doctor. Just like the quick fix my file utility, this program scans the company file and tries to fix any error.

Here are the steps to fix company file errors using Quickbooks file doctor:

• Launch the Quickbooks tool hub.
• Click on Run Quickbooks file doctor.
• When the Quickbooks file doctor window appears click on browse and search and select your company file.
• Click on check your file then continue.
• Enter authentication details for an admin account associated with the company file and click on next.

While the total time taken to scan and fix the company file depends on the total size of the company file, it generally takes less than 5 minutes for the program to find issues and fix them.

Conclusion

As you can see Quickbooks File Doctor is an amazing utility to fix common company file-related errors and issues encountered by users around the globe. This is one primary reason why this utility is available for free and why you don’t have to shell out even a single penny to resolve such errors. So if you are currently dealing with the company file error, then try out QuickBooks file doctor today.